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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB to cancel another week of games if deal not reached by Tuesday night — Major League Baseball plans to cancel another week of regular-season games if it can't agree to a new collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association by Tuesday night, adding another layer …
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Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
MLB willing to increase luxury tax if players move in other areas, people with knowledge of league's thinking said — Major League Baseball is willing to increase the first competitive-balance tax threshold from $220 million if the Players Association makes moves in other areas, people with knowledge of the league's thinking say.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: New MLBPA proposal includes $5M reduction in pre-arbitration pool — The MLB Players Association gave a written collective bargaining agreement proposal to Major League Baseball on Sunday. It included a $5 million reduction to the union's last offer in a pre-arbitration bonus pool …
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The Athletic:
MLB points to Tuesday as deadline for 162-game schedule, full pay, service time: Sources — Major League Baseball is pointing to a new deadline for players, sources told The Athletic: If a deal is not reached by Tuesday, then MLB has told the union the owners are likely to be unwilling to play …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘We are deadlocked’: MLB could cancel another week of games soon as talks show little progress … Major League Baseball is expected to cancel another week of regular-season games soon after negotiations Sunday provided little movement toward a deal to end its 95-day lockout.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Max Scherzer floats ‘ghost win’ playoff proposal with MLB labor talks set to resume Sunday — The Major League Baseball Players Association will respond to the league's latest CBA proposal on Sunday, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. — The league made a “last and best offer” …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: MLB eyes pitch clocks of 14 seconds with empty bases, 19 seconds with runners on — Major League Baseball wants to institute a 14-second pitch clock with the bases empty and a 19-second timer with runners on, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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The Athletic:
LeBron, the Lakers and their road back to ‘winning time’: Why Magic Johnson and Phil Jackson still matter, plus what's next — LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James was sending all those unsettling messages the Lakers' way over All-Star weekend in Cleveland — the ones that left so many wondering …
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Peter King / ProFootballTalk:
FMIA: A Peek Inside The Journal Of Aidan Hutchinson, And What We Learned At NFL Scouting Combine — INDIANAPOLIS — “I don't know why I did it,” Aidan Hutchinson said Saturday night after his NFL Scouting Combine workout, sitting in his room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a few long spirals from Lucas Oil Stadium.
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Calvin Watkins / Dallas Morning News:
After rejecting a pay cut, DeMarcus Lawrence's future with the Dallas Cowboys appears in doubt — Multiple sources said the team has asked Lawrence to take a pay cut, which he refused. — INDIANAPOLIS — Among the Cowboys' highest-paid players, quarterback Dak Prescott has job security …
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Prospects Live:
2022 Preseason Top 100 Prospects List 2022 Preseason Top 100 Prospects List — Introduction — Our Top 100 prospect list is finally here! This is a culmination of efforts forged by over 20 different individuals here at Prospects Live. We began our offseason report writing in early October …
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Four MLB owners opposed increasing the luxury tax at all: reports — Four MLB owners — the Reds' Bob Castellini, Tigers' Chris Ilitch, Diamondbacks' Ken Kendrick, and Angels' Arte Moreno — objected to the league's proposal to raise the competitive balance tax, making it clear that getting 23 owners …
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